A future king, who will be the Cakkavatti of Ketumatī at the time of the appearance of Metteyya Buddha in the world. He will raise up again the palace of King Mahāpanāda and live there. But later he w …

Saṅkha¹

a shell conch; mother-of-pearl; a chank, commonly used as a trumpet DN.i.79; DN.ii.297 = MN.i.58; AN.ii.117; AN.iv.199; Vv.81#10; Ja.i.72; Ja.ii.110; Ja.vi.465, Ja.vi.580; Mil.21 …

Saṅkhyā (f.)

1. enumeration, calculation, estimating DN.ii.277; MN.i.109; Mil.59 Mil.2. number Dāvs i.25.
2. denomination, definition, word, name (cp. on term K.S. i.321) SN.iii.71 sq.; SN.iv.376 …

The grove presented by Ambapālī to the Buddha and the Order. It was in Vesāli and was given to the Buddha during his last tour in that town, at the conclusion of the meal to which Ambapālī had invited …

BārānasīBenares

The capital of Kāsi-janapada. It was one of the four places of pilgrimage for the Buddhists - the others being Kapilavatthu, Buddhagayā and Kusināra - because it was at, the Migadā …

SakkaVatrabhūVāsavaMaghavāMāghaPurindadaSahassakkhaSahassanettaSujampatiKosiya

Almost always spoken of as chief of the devas. The Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.i.229 contains a list of his names.

• Maghavā, be …

He was a fisherman’s son and held the false view that, according to the Buddha’s teaching, a man’s consciousness runs on and continues without break of identity. Sāti’s colleagues did their best to ch …

Vejayanta¹

A palace belonging to Sakka. When Moggallāna visited Sakka to discover if he had fully understood the Buddha’s teaching in the Cūlatanhā saṅkhaya Sutta, Sakka tried to evade his …

késztetés, formáló erő; indíttatás; összetett dolog

causes to be prepared, created; forms

plans, prepares; creates, constructs, concocts; accumulates; produces a motive force (as a result of action).

planned, prepared, arranged; concocted, constructed, produced artificially; accumulated

planned, prepared, arranged; concocted, constructed, produced artificially; accumulated

preparation; development; performance; accumulation of motive force (as a result of action), impetus.

specially prepared; produced artificially.

chain of bones; a skeleton

mental motive force; mental activity.

the impetus or determination to go; preparations for going.

exercise of supernatural power(s)

(that) which is called a net.

bodily motive force; physical motion

repairs to the city.

…possibility of) individual identity (conditioned by avijjā and saṅkhārā) and experience (by means of the senses)

adverb with dishonest intent, with intent to steal.

having feet with high arches (one of the 32 characteristics of a mahāpurisa).

an accumulation of motive force, impetus, for arūpa states

constituent of life, impetus for life, vital principle

Abhisankhāra: Construction identical with the 2nd link of the paticca - samuppāda, sankhāra, under I, 1 or kammic-constructions.

Adhimokkha: ‘determination’, decision, resolve: is one of the mental properties cetasika and belongs to the group of mental constructions sankhāra - khandha. In M. 111, it is mentioned toge …

Anattā: No-self, egolessness, soullessness, impersonality, absence of identity, is the last of the 3 universal characteristics of existence ti-lakkhana. This anattā doctrine, which only is t …

Anicca: Impermanent, transient or, as abstract noun, aniccatā impermanence or change is the first of the three universal characteristics of existence tilakkhana, which is easily observable and …

Anāgāmī: T he Non-Returner is a Noble Disciple Ariya-puggala on the 3rd stage of Nobility. There are 5 classes of Non-Returners, as it is said e.g. Pug. 42-46:

A being, through the disappea …

Apuññābhisankhāra: see: sankhāra

Asankhata: The Unformed, Unoriginated, Unconditioned, Uncreated & Unconstructed is a name for Nibbāna, the beyond of all becoming and conditionality.

Asankhāra-parinibbāyī: The one reaching Nibbāna without effort, is one of the five classes of Non-Returners anāgāmī

Asankhārika-citta: An Abhidhamma term signifying a ’state of consciousness arisen spontaneously, i. e. without previous deliberation, preparation, or prompting by others; hence: ’unprepared, unpr …

Assāsa-passāsa: In-and-out-breathing, are bodily constructions kāya - sankhāra, while directed thought and sustained thinking vitakka and vicāra are called verbal constructions *vacī\ …

Bala: ‘powers’. Among various groups of powers the following five are most frequently met with in the texts: 1 faith saddhā, 2 energy viriya, 3 awareness or mindfulness sati, 4 concentration …

Bhāvanā-bala: see: patisankhāna-bala

Citta-sankhāra: see: sankhāra

Created: the: sankhata

Forest-dweller: the ascetic practice for the: see: dhutānga

formation = Construction: sankhāra

Iddhi-pāda: ‘roads to power’ or success are the 4 following qualities,,for as guides, they indicate the road to power connected therewith; and because they form, by way of preparation, the roads …

[[imperturbable karma-formations]]Imperturbable kammic-constructions: āneñjābhisankhāra see: sankhāra

Indriya: ‘abilities’, is a name for 22, partly physical, partly mental, phenomena often treated in the Suttas as well as in the Abhidhamma. They are:

6 Bases āyatana:

1. eye: …

Papañca: Sanskrit prapañca In doctrinal usage, it signifies the expansion, differentiation, ‘diffuseness’ or ‘manifoldness’ of the world; and it may also refer to the ‘phenomenal world’ in gener …

Paticcasamuppāda: ‘dependent origination’, is the doctrine of the conditionality of all physical and psychical phenomena, a doctrine which, together with that of impersonality anattā, forms the …

Patisankhāna-bala: and Bhāvanā-bala: ‘power of reflection’, and ‘power of mental development’. About these 2 powers it is said in A. II, 10:

What, o Bhikkhus, is the power of reflection? If …

Patisankhānupassanā-ñāna: ’knowledge consisting in reflective contemplation

is one of the 9 knowledges constituting the ‘purification by knowledge and vision of the path -progress’ patipadā \ …

Phassa: fr. phusati to touch: ‘sense-contact’, contact. The term samphassa is used in compounds, e.g. in the following: ‘;T’here are 6 classes of sense-contact: visual contact cakkhu - *s …

Puññābhisankhāra: ‘meritorious kammic-constructions’ of the sense-and fine-material sphere; see: sankhāra I. 1.

Pīti: rapture, enthusiasm rendered also by joy, happiness; interest it is one of the mental properties or properties cetasika and belongs to the group of mental constructions sankhāra - *khan …

Tatra-majjhattatā: ‘equanimity, equipoise, mental balance’ lit., ‘remaining here and there in the middle’, is the name for a high ethical quality belonging to the sankhāra - khandha see: *kh …

Ti-lakkhana: the ‘3 charactcristies of existence’, or signata, are impermanency anicca, suffcring or misery dukkha see: sacca, dukkhatā no-self anattā.

Whether Perfect Ones appear in th …

Ākāsa: ‘space’, is, according to Com., of two kinds: 1. limited space paricchinnākāsa or paricchedākāsa, 2. endless space anantākāsa, i.e. cosmic space.

1. Limited space, under th …

Āneñja: Static imperturbability, denotes the mental state of being(s) in the formless sphere arūpāvacara avacara, see: sankhāra cf. M. 106.

Ānāpāna-sati: Awareness or mindfulness on & by in-and-out-breathing, is one of the most important trainings for reaching mental concentration and the 4 absorptions jhāna. In the Satipatthāna …

Āyūhana: K ammic accumulation, is a name used in the commentarial literature for the advantageous and disadvantageous intentional activities kamma or kammic-constructions sankhāra (see: *paticc …

(& -khāreti in Pot.) to prepare, do, perform, work, get up Vin.i.16 (iddh’ âbhisankhāraṃ ˚khāreyya); DN.i.184 (id.); SN.ii.40; SN.iii.87 SN.iii.92; SN.iv.132, SN.iv.290; SN.v.449; AN.i.201; Snp.984 …

adjective prepared, fixed, made up, arranged, done MN.i.350; AN.ii.43; AN.v.343; Ja.i.50; Mnd.186 (kappita +); Pv-a.7, Pv-a.8.

abhi + sankhata, pp. of abhisankharoti

1. putting forth, performance, doing, working, practice: only in two comb^ns., viz
   1. gamiya˚; (or gamika˚) a heathenish practice Vin.i.233; AN.iv.180, &
   2. iddha˚; (= iddḥi˚) work …

adjective what belongs to or is done by the sankhāras; accumulated by or accumulating merit, having special (meritorious) effect (or specially prepared?) Vin.ii.77 = Vin.iii.160; Sdhp.309 (sa ˚paccaya …

(in compounds addha˚;)

1. (of space a path, road, also journey (see compounds & derivations); only in one ster. phrase Ja.iv.384 = Ja.v.137 (pathaddhuno paṇṇarase va cando, gen. for loc. ˚addha …

“higher thought”, meditation, contemplation, nsually in comb^n. with adhisīla and adhipaññā Vin.i.70; DN.iii.219; MN.i.451; AN.i.254, AN.i.256 Mn …

designation, term, attrîbute, metaphor, metaphorical expression DN.ii.62; MN.i.113 MN.i.144, MN.i.460; AN.ii.70, AN.ii.124; AN.iii.310; AN.iv.89, AN.iv.285, AN.iv.340; Iti.15 Iti.114; Snp.p.218; Ja.i. …

adjective noun that which is personal, subjective, arises from within (in contrast to anything outside, objective or impersonal); as adv. & ˚interior, personal, inwardly (opp.; bahiddhā bāhira etc o …

…tax-gatherers in the king’s service Ja.vi.212 (akāsiya-saṅkhātā rāja-purisā C.).

a + kāsika?

houselessness, a houseless state, fig freedom from worldliness or attachment to life, singleness SN.v.24 = AN.v.232 = Dhp.87 (okā anokaṃ āgamma). adj. homeless, free from attachment SN.i.176; Dhp.87 ( …

being at the end, or making an end, epithet of Death or Māra Vin.i.21; SN.i.72; Thig.59 (explained by Thag-a.65 as lāmaka va Māra, thus taken anta²); Dhp.48 (= maraṇa-sankhāto antako Dhp\ …

rest, support, dependence MN.iii.127 (˚ka); DN.iii.224 (cattāri apassenāni); as adj caturāpassena one who has the fourfold support viz sankhāy’ ekaṃ paṭisevati, adhivāseti, parivajjeti, vinodeti AN. …

boundlessness, infinitude, as psych. t. t. appl^d. in later books to the four varieties of philanthropy, viz mettā karuṃā muditā upekkhā i.e. love, pity, sympathy desinterestedness, and as …

thoughtfulness, carefulness, conscientiousness, watchfulness, vigilance, earnestness, zeal DN.i.13 (: a. vuccati satiyā avippavāso DN-a.i.104); DN.iii.30 DN.iii.104 sq., DN.iii.112, DN.iii.244, DN.ii …

adjective

1. not forming an obstacle, not injuring, unobstructive Snp.42 (see expl^d. at Cnd.239; Snp-a.88 explains “katthaci satte vā sankhāre vā bhayena na paṭihaññatī ti a.”)
2. psychol …

want of judgment Pp.21 = Dhs.1346.

a + paṭisankhā

Aṭṭha¹

num. card, eight, decl. like pl. of adj. in-a A. The number in objective significance, based on natural phenomena: see compounds ˚angula, ˚nakha, ˚pada, ˚pāda B. The number in …

Aṭṭhi˚¹

in comb^n. with katvā: to make something one’s attha, i.e. object, to find out the essence or profitableness or value of anything to recognise the natu …

Aṭṭhika¹

neuter

1. = aṭṭhi 1, a bone MN.iii.92; Ja.i.265, Ja.i.428; Ja.vi.404; Pv-a.41.
2. = aṭṭhi 2, kernel, stone Dhp-a.ii.53 (tāl˚); Mhvs.15, Mhvs.42.

• *-[saṅkhalikā](/define/saṅk …

Bala¹

neuter

1. strength power, force DN.ii.73; AN.i.244; Thag.188; Dhp.109 (one of the 4 blessings, viz. āyu, vaṇṇa, sukha, bala; cp Dhp-a.ii.239); Pv.i.5#12 (= kāya-bala Pv-a.30); Pv …

breaking up, splitting, perishing; destruction Ja.i.392; Ja.v.284; Ja.vi.11; Dhp-a.i.257 (kaṇṇā bhijjan’ ākāra-pattā); Thag-a.43 (bhijjana-sabhāva of perishable nature; explⁿ of bhidura …

1. anything to carry, a load Vin.iii.278 (Bdhgh; dāru˚ a load of wood) bhāraṃ vahati to carry a load AN.i.84; Vv-a.23
   ■ garu˚ a heavy load, as “adj.” “carrying a heavy load” Ja.v.439 (of a w …

Bhūmaka & ˚ika

(adj.) (only-˚)

1. having floors or stories (of buildings) as dve˚ pāsāda Dhp-a.i.414; pañca˚; pāsāda a palace with 5 stories Ja.i.58, Ja.i.89; satta˚; with 7 stories (pāsāda) …

Bhūmaka & ˚ika

(adj.) (only-˚)

1. having floors or stories (of buildings) as dve˚ pāsāda Dhp-a.i.414; pañca˚; pāsāda a palace with 5 stories Ja.i.58, Ja.i.89; satta˚; with 7 stories (pāsāda) …

ladle or spoon for sacrificing into the sacred fire Ja.vi.528#24 = Ja.vi.529#4 (unite ca with masa, cp. Ja.vi.529#9 and n. 4: aggijuhana-kaṭacchu-sankhātimasañca [for camasañ ca] variant reading B<s …

Citta¹ & Citra

adjective variegated, manifold, beautiful; tasty, sweet, spiced (of cakes), Ja.iv.30 (geṇḍuka); Dhp.171 (rājaratha); Vv.47#9; Pv.ii.11#2 (aneka˚); Pv.iv.3#13 (pūvā = madhurā …

god, a divine being; usually in pl. devā the gods. As title attributed to any superhuman being or beings regarded to be in certain respects above the human level. Thus primarily (see 1^a) …

(-˚) adjective blowing, n. a blower, player (on a horn: sankha˚) DN.i.251; SN.iv.322.

Sk. dhama, to dhamati

Dhamma¹

masculine & rarely neuter constitution etc.

A. Definitions by Commentators

Bdhgh gives a fourfold meaning of the word dhamma (at DN-a.i.99; Dhp-a.i.22), viz. 1 guṇe ( …

washed, bleached, clean Ja.i.62 (˚sankha a bleached shell); Ja.ii.275; Pv-a.73 (˚vattha), Pv-a.116 (˚hattha with clean hands), Pv-a.274 (id.); Vism.224 (id.).

Sk. dhāuta, pp. of dhavati^{2</sup …}

adjective noun

1. (adj. unpleasant, painful, causing misery (opp. sukha pleasant Vin.i.34; Dhp.117. Lit. of vedanā (sensation) MN.i.59 (˚ṃ vedanaṃ vediyamāna, see also below iii.1 …

(and gamiya Ja.i.87) adjective going away, setting out for a journey (opp. āgantuka coming back) appl. to bhikkhus only: Vin.i.292 (˚ bhatta food for outgoing bh.); Vin.ii.170 (āgantuka˚), Vin.ii.21 …

gone, in all meanings of gacchati (q.v.) viz.

1. literal. gone away, arrived at, directed to (c. acc.), opp ṭhita: gate ṭhite nisinne (loc. abs.) when going standing, sitting down (cp. gacchati 1) DN …

counter, one skilled in counting familiar with arithmetic; an accountant, overseer or calculator. enumerated as an occupation together with muddika at DN.i.51 (expl DN-a.i.157 by acchidda-pāṭhaka); …

1. cause, reason, condition SN.i.134; AN.iii.440 sq.; Dhs.595, Dhs.1053; Vism.450 Tikp.11, Kp.233, Kp.239. In the older use paccaya and hetu are almost identical …

…Pv-a.53

• -ābhisaṅkhāra (iddhåbhi˚) exercise of any of the psychic powers Vin.i.16, Vin.i.17, Vin.i.25; DN.i.106; SN.iii.92;…

■ Instr. jātiyā (Snp.423) & jaccā (DN.ii.8; Ja.iii.395; Dhp.393); abl. jātiyā (SN.i.88) & jātito (by descent: DN.ii.8); loc. jātiyaṃ (Pv-a.10) & jātiyā (Pv-a.78).

1. birth, rebirth, possibility of …

(individual) life, lifetime, span of life; living, livelihood (cp jīvikā) Vin.ii.191; SN.i.42; SN.iv.169, SN.iv.213; MN.ii.73 (appaṃ) AN.i.155, AN.i.255; AN.iii.72; AN.iv.136 (appakaṃ parittaṃ); Snp.1 …

1. a conch, a shell: saṇha-kambu-r-iva… sobhate su gīvā Thig.262 (for kampurī’va); s compounds
2. a ring or bracelet (made of shells or perhaps gold: see Kern. Toev. s. v.) Ja.iv.18, Ja.iv.466 (\ …

…DN-a.i.37;

• -ābhisaṅkhāra (3 B) accumulation of k. Cnd.116, Cnd.283, Cnd.506.
• -ābhisanda in ˚ena in consequence of k….

Kamyatā (-˚) & kammatā

(Nd) wish, desire, longing for, striving after; with inf. or equivalent kathetu˚ Vv-a.18; muñcitu˚ (+ paṭisankhā) Pts.i.60 Pts.i.65; Bdhd 123; asotu˚, adaṭṭhu˚ and adassana˚ …

Kamyatā (-˚) & kammatā

(Nd) wish, desire, longing for, striving after; with inf. or equivalent kathetu˚ Vv-a.18; muñcitu˚ (+ paṭisankhā) Pts.i.60 Pts.i.65; Bdhd 123; asotu˚, adaṭṭhu˚ and adassana˚ …

Kamyatā (-˚) & kammatā

(Nd) wish, desire, longing for, striving after; with inf. or equivalent kathetu˚ Vv-a.18; muñcitu˚ (+ paṭisankhā) Pts.i.60 Pts.i.65; Bdhd 123; asotu˚, adaṭṭhu˚ and adassana˚ …

Kamyatā (-˚) & kammatā

(Nd) wish, desire, longing for, striving after; with inf. or equivalent kathetu˚ Vv-a.18; muñcitu˚ (+ paṭisankhā) Pts.i.60 Pts.i.65; Bdhd 123; asotu˚, adaṭṭhu˚ and adassana˚ …

(& sometimes; kaṭa) done, worked, made. Extremely rare as v. trs. in the common meaning of E. make, Ger. machen, or Fr. faire (see the cognate kapp and jan, also uppajjati & viss …

skeleton; only in cpd. atthi˚ Aṭṭhikankal’ ūpamā kāmā Vin.ii.25; MN.i.130, MN.i.364; Ja.v.210; Thag.1150 (˚kuṭika): aṭṭhikankalasannibha Thig.488 (= Thag-a.287; cp. Morris, J.P.T.S. 1885, 75) aṭṭhi …

1. a corner, an angle Vin.i.48, Vin.i.286; Ja.i.73; Ja.iii.42 Ja.v.38; Ja.vi.519; Pv-a.74; Dhp-a.ii.178; Dāvs ii.111- cīvara˚; the edge of the garment Vism.389. Freq. in cpd. catu˚; (catukkaṇṇa …

Kaṭa¹

a mat: see compounds & kaṭallaka.

• -sara a reed: Saccharum Sara, used as medicine Dhs-a.78.
• -sāra (Dhp-a.i.268) & *[sāraka](/define/sāraka …

Kaṭṭhaka¹

masculine neuter a kind of reed Dhp.164; Dhp-a.iii.156 (= velu-sankhāta-kaṭṭha).

to kaṭṭha³

Kaṭṭhaka²

(m. pl.) a kind of fairy DN.ii.261

to kaṭṭha²

…(perception), saṅkhārā (coefficients of consciousness), viññāṇa (consciousness) For further ref….

Khanti & Khantī

f. patience, forbearance, forgiveness. Def. at Dhs.1341: khantī khamanatā adhivāsanatā acaṇḍikkaṃ anasuropo attamanatā cittassa Most frequent combinations: with *[mettā](/define/mettā …

Khanti & Khantī

f. patience, forbearance, forgiveness. Def. at Dhs.1341: khantī khamanatā adhivāsanatā acaṇḍikkaṃ anasuropo attamanatā cittassa Most frequent combinations: with *[mettā](/define/mettā …

waste, destruction, consumption decay, ruin, loss; of the passing away of night Vv-a.52 mostly in applied meaning with ref. to the extinction of passions & such elements as condition, life, & rebirth …

1. (adj.) broken, usually of teeth; Thig.260 (= Thag-a.211); Mil.342; Vism.51.
2. (m. nt.) a broken piece, a bit, camma˚ a strip of hide Vin.ii.122; coḷa˚ a bit of cloth Pv-a.70; pilotika˚ bits of r …

Kilesa & klesa

stain, soil, impurity, fig. affliction; in a moral sense, depravity, lust. Its occurrence in the Piṭakas is rare; in later works, very frequent, where it is approx. tantamount to our t …

Kilesa & klesa

stain, soil, impurity, fig. affliction; in a moral sense, depravity, lust. Its occurrence in the Piṭakas is rare; in later works, very frequent, where it is approx. tantamount to our t …

adjective

1. (adj.) clever, skilful, expert; good, right, meritorious MN.i.226; Dhp.44; Ja.i.222 Esp. appl. in moral sense (= puñña), whereas akusala is practically equivalent to pāpa. ekam pi ce pāṇ …

to desire.

1. Objective: pleasantness, pleasure-giving, an object of sensual enjoyment.
2. Subjective: (a) enjoyment, pleasure on occasion of sense, (b) sense-desire.

Buddhist commentators exp …

…Vism.93, Vism.387.

• -saṅkhāra the material aggregate, substratum of body Vin.iii.71; SN.ii.40; SN.iii.125;…

1. carved, cut, worked (in ivory etc.), in cpd. saṅkha˚ brahmacariya the moral life, like a polished shell DN.i.63; SN.ii.219, explained at DN-a.i.181 as “likhita-sankha-sadisa dhota-sankha-sap …

…threefold division is saṅkhāra˚, satta˚, okāsa˚; at Vism.204, with explains: “sabbe sattā āhāra-ṭṭhitikā” ti…

the God of Death, the Buddhist Māra, or sometimes equivalent to Yama SN.i.156; Snp.357 (gen. maccuno), Snp.581 (instr maccunā), Snp.587; Thag.411; Dhp.21, Dhp.47, Dhp.128, Dhp.135, Dhp.150 Dhp.287; Vb …

impartiality, indifference, balance of mind Cnd.166 (in explⁿ of upekkhā with syn. passaddhatā); Vb.230; Vism.134; Vb-a.285 (satta˚ & sankhāra˚), Vb-a.317 (def.); Dhs-a.133.

abstr. from prec.

orig. a divine saying or decision, hence a secret plan (cp. def. of mant at Dhtp.578 by “gutta-bhāsane”), counsel; hence magic charm, spell. In particular a secret religious code or doctrine, esp. …

death, as ending this (visible) existence, physical death, in a narrower meaning than kālakiriyā; dying, in compounds death
■ The customary stock definition of maraṇa runs; …

illusion, imagination MN.i.486. Nine maññitāni (the same list is applied to the phanditāni, the papañcitāni & sankhatāni) at Vb.390: asmi, ayam aham asmi, bhavissaṃ, na bhavissaṃ rūpī bhavissaṃ, arū …

adjective noun one who practises muddā (i.e. knowledge of signs) DN.i.51 (in list of occupations combined with gaṇaka & trsl^dDial. i.68 by “accountant” cp. Franke, *Dīg …

death; usually personified as Np. Death, the Evil one, the Tempter (the Buddhist Devil or Principle of Destruction) Sometimes the term māra is applied to the whole of the worldly exi …

adj. nt.

1. (adj.)
   1. (-˚) being caused by, having its reason through or from, conditioned by originating in Vb.390 (taṇhā˚ dhammā); Tikp.233 sq. Tikp.252 sq., Tikp.288 sq. & passim; Vb-a.200 sq …

…(elements of life). sabbasaṅkhāra-samatho nibbānaṃ SN.i.136; N. = sabbasankhārā khayissanti AN.iii.443
■ saṃyojanāni…

1. to be cooled or refreshed, to be covered up = to be extinguished, go out (of fire), to cease to exist, always used with ref. to fire or heat or (fig.) burning sensations (see *[nibbāna](/define/nib …

1. sign, omen, portent, prognostication DN.i.9 (study of omens = n. satthaṃ DN-a.i.92, q.v. for detailed explⁿ); Ja.i.11 (caturo nimitte nâddasaṃ); Mil.79, Mil.178 Esp. as pubba˚; signs …

oppression, suppression; destruction, cessation annihilation (of senses, consciousness, feeling being in general: sankhārā). Bdhgh’s explⁿ of the word is: “ni-saddo abhāvaṃ, rodha-saddo c …

deposit (of merit or demerit), accumulation, effect (of kamma Snp.953 (= Mnd.442 abhisankhārā).

Sk. ni-saṃskṛti, ni + saṃ + kṛ.

adjective connected with deliverance, leading to salvation able to be freed. The 3 n. dhātuyo (elements of deliverance) are nekkhamma (escape from cravings) *[āruppa](/define/ār …

1. entering, stopping, settling down; house, abode Vv.8#2 (= nivesanāni kacchantarāni Vv-a.50).
2. = nivesana 2, in diṭṭhi˚; Snp.785 (= idaṃ-sacchâbhinivesa-sankhātāni diṭṭhi-nivesanāni Snp-a.5 …

name.

1. Literal. nom. nāmaṃ SN.i.39; Snp.808; Ja.ii.131; Mil.27; acc. nāmaṃ Pv-a.145 (likhi: he wrote her name)
   ■ nāmaṃ karoti to give a name Snp.344 Cnd.466 (n’ etaṃ nāmaṃ mātarā kataṃ on “ …

resting place, shelter, resort; house, dwelling; fig. (this meaning according to later commentators prevailing in anoka, liking, fondness, attachment to (worldly things) SN.iii.9 = Snp.844 (okam pahāy …

1. foot Dhp.273 = Snp-a.366 (? saccānaṃ caturo padā); DN-a.i.85; usually -˚, like hatthipadaṃ elephant’s foot MN.i.176, MN.i.184; SN.i.86; SN.v.43, SN.v.231; and with numerals dvi˚ & di˚, catup˚, a …

(˚jahāti) to give up, renounce, forsake, abandon, eliminate, let go, get rid of; freq as synonym of jahati (see Nd ii.under jahati with all forms). Its wide range of application with reference to all …

arranged, planned, attended to, designed, made Snp.648 (= kata Snp-a.471). Snp.784, Snp.786 (diṭṭhi “prejudiced view” Fausböll; cp. Mnd.72 and pakappanā), Snp.802, Snp.838 (= kappita abhisankhata saṇ …

…Snp-a.40.

• -saṅkhā sign or characteristic of obsession Snp.874 (cp. Snp-a.553; = taṇhā˚ diṭṭhi˚…

adjective “with flowers in front,” flower-tipped (of the arrows of Māra) Dhp.46 (but explained at Dhp-a.i.337 as “p.˚ sankhātāni tebhūmakāni vaṭṭāni,” i.e. existence in the 3 stages of being).

pa + pupphaka

adverb adjective

1. (adv. & prep.) beyond, on the further side of (with abl. or loc.), over Pv-a.168 (para Gangāya, variant reading ˚āyaṃ). See in same meaning & application paraṃ, paro and parā & c …

brought to an end or standstill, destroyed Ja.i.145 (˚sankhāra).

pp. of pari + maddheti, Caus. of mṛdh to neglect

one who attains Parinibbāna. Of the 2 meanings registered under parinibbāna we find No. 1 only in a very restricted use when taken in both senses of sa-and an-upādisesa parinibbāna; e.g. at AN.ii.15 …

adjective noun masculine

Cases:
■ gen. dat. pañcannaṃ,
■ instr. abl pañcahi,
■ loc. pañcasu;
■ often used in compositional form pañca˚ (cp. Ved. pañcāra with 5 spokes RV i.164¹³; G …

intelligence, comprising all the higher faculties of cognition, “intellect as conversant with general truths” (Dial. ii.68), reason wisdom, insight, knowledge, recognition. See on term Mrs. Rh. D. * …

1. green leaves (collectively), vegetable, greens Ja.vi.24 (kāra˚ vegetable as homage or oblation); Pv.iii.3#3 (panko paṇṇako ca, explained as “kaddamo vā udakacchikkhalo vā” Pv-a.189, but evidently …

indeclinable directional prefix in well-defined meaning of “back (to), against towards, in opposition to, opposite.” As preposition (with acc. and usually postponed) towards, near by, at usually …

…ignorance*; this produces saṅkhārā: karma, dimly conscious elements capacity of impression or predisposition (will, action Cpd.; synergies…

means of reaching a goal or destination, path, way, means, method, mode of progress (cp. Dhs. translation 53, 82, 92, 143), course, practice (cp. BSk. pratipad in meaning of pratipatti “line of cond …

to think over, to discriminate, consider, reflect Vin.i.5; DN.i.63; MN.i.267, MN.i.499; MN.iii.33; SN.i.137; AN.i.205; Pp.25 Vism.283.

paṭi + saṃ + cikkhati of khyā; cp. paṭisankhāti & BSk. prati …

…+…

is ppr. of paṭi + saṃ + kṣi, to be pacified Thag.371.

…(see also ˚sankhāti) want of judgment, inconsideration Pts.i.33, Pts.i.45; Dhs.1346 = Pp.21
■ Note.…

carefulness, mindfulness, consideration Ja.i.502; Vv-a.327; Dhs-a.402 (˚paññā); Sdhp.397. -bala power of computation AN.i.52, AN.i.94; AN.ii.142; DN.iii.213, DN.iii.244; Pts.ii.169, Pts.ii.176; D …

Paṭisaṅkhārika & ˚ya

adjective serving for repair Vin.iii.43 (dārūni); Pv-a.141 (id.; ˚ya).

fr. paṭisankharoti

Paṭisaṅkhārika & ˚ya

adjective serving for repair Vin.iii.43 (dārūni); Pv-a.141 (id.; ˚ya).

fr. paṭisankharoti

…yoniso); also ger. paṭisaṅkhāya Sddp.394
■ Opp. appaṭisaṅkhā…

Piya¹

adjective dear, in two applications (as stated Mnd.133 = Cnd.444, viz dve piyā: sattā vā piyā sankhārā vā piyā, with ref. to living beings, to sensations):

1. dear, beloved (as fath …

…vālika˚ Ja.vi.560; saṅkhāra˚ SN.i.135.

• -kata (& ˚kita) for puñjikata; cf. Sk. puñjīkṛta with i for a in…

…of merit Pv-a.58.

• -ābhisaṅkhāra accumulation of merit DN.iii.217; SN.ii.82; Mnd.90, Mnd.206, Mnd.442 Vism.557 sq., Vism.571; Vb-a.142…

1. the foot, usually pl. pādā both feet, e.g. Vin.i.9, Vin.i.34, Vin.i.188; Iti.111; Snp.309, Snp.547, Snp.768, Snp.835, Snp.1028; Ja.ii.114; Ja.iv.137; Dhp-a.iii.196; Pv-a.4, Pv-a.10, Pv-a.40, …

emotion of joy, delight, zest exuberance. On term see Dhs. trsl. 11 and Cpd. 243 Classed under sankhārakkhandha, not vedanā˚-DN.i.37, DN.i.75; DN.iii.241, DN.iii.265, DN.iii.288; MN.i.37; SN.ii.30; …

1. fight, battle; only in Thig.360 (raṇaṃ karitvā kāmānaṃ): see discussed below; also late at Mhvs.35, Mhvs.69 (Subharājaṃ raṇe hantvā).
2. intoxication, desire, sin, fault. This meaning is the Buddhi …

Rājā (Rājan)

king, a ruling potentate. The defⁿ at Vin.iii.222 is “yo koci rajjaṃ kāreti.” The fanciful etym. at DN.iii.93 Vism.419 is “dhammena pare rañjetī ti rājā” i.e. he gladdens othe …

Rājā (Rājan)

king, a ruling potentate. The defⁿ at Vin.iii.222 is “yo koci rajjaṃ kāreti.” The fanciful etym. at DN.iii.93 Vism.419 is “dhammena pare rañjetī ti rājā” i.e. he gladdens othe …

form, figure, appearance, principle of form, etc.

1. Definitions. According to P. expositors rūpa takes its designation fr. ruppati, e.g. “ruppanato rūpaṃ” Vism.588; “ruppan’ a …

lit. “form-hood,” i.e. shaping (being) shape(d) SN.iii.87 (rūpaṃ rūpattāya sankhātaṃ).

abstr. fr. rūpa

1. calm, quietude of heart MN.i.33; AN.i.61, AN.i.95; AN.ii.140; AN.iii.86 sq. (ceto˚), AN.iii.116 sq., AN.iii.449; AN.iv.360; AN.v.99; DN.iii.54, DN.iii.213, DN.iii.273; Dhp-a.ii.177; SN.iv.362; Dhs …

deliberately SN.ii.111; contracted from ger. ˚-saṃkhāya.

…6, 153¹ 252 sq.; dhamma˚; continuity of states Mil.40; rūpa˚ of form Vb-a.21; saṅkhāra˚; causal connection of material…

…Vism.205. See also saṅkhāra-loka
■ vaṇijjā slave trade DN-a.i.235 = AN.iii.208 (C.: manussa-vikkaya).

cp, Vedic sattva…

to taste, enjoy Ja.iii.201 (aor. samasāyisuṃ: so read for samāsāsisuṃ).

saṃ + sāyati, which stands for sādati (of svad to sweeten). On y → d cp. khāyita → khādita & sankhāyita

1. a raft Ja.ii.20, Ja.ii.332 (nāvā˚), Ja.iii.362 (id.), Ja.ii.371. Mil.376. dāru˚; (= nāvā˚) Ja.v.194 Ja.v.195.
2. junction, union Vv-a.233.
3. collection, aggregate Ja.iv.15 (upāhana˚); Thag.519 …

chain SN.i.76; Ja.iii.168; Ja.vi.3; Cnd.304#iii; Mil.149, Mil.279; Dhp-a.iv.54; Pv-a.152 Sometimes saṅkhalika (esp. in composition), e.g. Ja.iii.125 (˚bandhana); Ja.vi.3; Mil.279
■ *[aṭṭhi˚](/de …

chain Thig.509. aṭṭhi˚; a chain of bones, skeleton AN.iii.97. As -kaṅkalā at Thig.488.

cp. Sk. śṛnkhalā

…prepare, work Pv-a.287. a-saṅkhārāna SN.i.126. Ger. saṅkharitvā SN.ii.269 (variant reading sankhāditvā, as…

…from a cause, i.e. the saṅkhāras SN.i.112; AN.i.83, AN.i.152; Ne.22. asaṅkhata not put together, not proceeding…

cookery MN.i.448.

cp. Sk. saṃskṛti

destruction, consumption, loss, end Vin.i.42; DN.ii.283; MN.i.152; SN.i.2, SN.i.124; SN.iv.391; Iti.38; Dhp.282 (= vināsa Dhp-a.iii.421), Dhp.331; Ja.ii.52 Ja.v.465; Mil.205, Mil.304.

saṃ + khaya

Saṅkheyya¹

adjective calculable; only neg. a˚; incalculable SN.v.400; AN.iii.366; Pv-a.212 -kāra acting with a set purpose Snp.351
■ As grd. of saṅkharoti: …

to masticate Vin.ii.201 = SN.ii.269 (reads ˚kharitvā); AN.iii.304 sq.; Ja.i.507
pp -khādita.

saṃ + khādati

chewed, masticated Kp-a.56, Kp-a.257; Vb-a.241 (where Vism.257 reads -khāyita).

pp. of sankhādati

Saṅkhāna¹

neuter & Saṅkhyāna (nt.) calculation, counting DN.i.11; MN.i.85; DN-a.i.95 Dhtp.613 (khy).

fr. saṃ + khyā, cp….

…spontaneous causality the saṅkhāras, and saṅkhārā as “natura genita atque genitura” (the latter with ref. to the foll….

adjective having sankhāras AN.ii.214 = Dhs.1003.

fr. sankhāra

agreed on, reckoned; (-˚) so-called, named DN.i.163 (akusala˚ dhammā); DN.iii.65 DN.iii.133 = Vin.iii.46 (theyya˚ what is called theft); DN-a.i.313 (the sambodhi, by which is meant that of the thre …

calculator SN.iv.376.

fr. saṃ + khyā

…Dhp.196. ger. saṅkhāya having considered, discriminately carefully, with open mind DN.ii.227; DN.iii.224…

Err:509

Su¹

indeclinable a part. of exclamation “shoo!”; usually repeated su su Ja.ii.250; Ja.vi.165 (of the hissing of a snake); Thag-a.110 (scaring somebody away), Thag-a.305 (sound of puffi …

…-vālukā white sand Mhvs.19, Mhvs.37.

• -saṅkhārapuñja a mere heap of sankhāras SN.i.135.

pp. of…

adjective noun agreeable, pleasant, blest Vin.i.3; Dhp.118, Dhp.194, Dhp.331; Snp.383; paṭipadā, pleasant path, easy progress AN.ii.149 sq.; Dhs.178; kaṇṇa-s. pleasant to the ear DN.i.4; happy, pleas …

adjective seafaring DN.i.222; SN.iii.155; AN.iii.368 (vāṇijā); AN.iv.127 (nāvā); Vism.63; Dhs-a.320 At Ja.vi.581 s
■ mahāsankha denotes a kind of trumpet.

fr. samudda

Takka¹

doubt; a doubtful view (often diṭṭhi, appl. like sammā˚, micchā-diṭṭhi), hair-splitting reasoning, sophistry (= itihītihaṃ Cnd.151). Opp. to takka (= micchā-sankappo Vb.86, Vb.35 …

adjective noun burning, heat; fig. torment, torture, austerity.

1. (as nt.) Pv-a.98 (kāya ˚sankhāto tapo).
2. (as f.) tapanī Ja.v.201 (in metaphorical play of word with aggi & brahmacārin Com. vis …

(lit.) drought, thirst; (fig.) craving, hunger for, excitement the fever of unsatisfied longing (c. loc.: kabaḷinkāre āhāre “thirst” for solid food SN.ii.101 sq.; cīvare piṇḍapāte taṇhā = greed for Sn …

…Vin.v.222; Mil.310;

• -saṅkhātaṃ (adv.) by means of theft, stealthily DN.iii.65 sq., DN.iii.133; AN.iii.209; AN.iv.370 sq.;…

pillar, prop support AN.ii.198; Vv.54#1 (= thambha Vv-a.245); DN-a.i.124. Esp. the sacrificial post in phrase thūṇûpanīta “lead to sacrifice” (yūpa-sankhātuṃ thūṇaṃ upa DN-a.i.294): DN.i.127≈SN.i. …

1. putting down or under, foundation basis, ground, substratum (of rebirth) SN.i.117, SN.i.124 SN.i.134, SN.i.186; AN.ii.24 (˚sankhaya); AN.iii.382 (id.); AN.iv.150 (˚kkhaya); Iti.21, Iti.69; Snp.364, …

adjective somewhat like (-˚) MN.i.58 = AN.iii.324 (sankha-vaṇṇa˚); Ja.i.207 (= sadisa C.), Ja.v.302 (tāla˚).

upa + nibha

calm, quiet, appeasement, allaying, assuagement, tranquillizing Vin.i.10; SN.iv.331 = SN.v.421 (in freq. phrase upasamāya abhiññāya sambodhāya nibbānāya saṃvattati; see nibbāna ii …

adjective to be prepared, produced or contracted Snp.849 (= ˚sankhātabba Snp-a.549; cp. Mnd.213).

grd of upa + sankharoti

to go to (with acc.), come to, approach, undergo, attain DN.i.55 (paṭhavi-kāyaṃ an-upeti does not go into an earthly body), DN.i.180; MN.i.486 (na upeti, as answer: “does not meet the question”); SN …

to sound out or forth, to make sound Mil.21 (dhamma-sankhaṃ). Reading at DN.ii.337 is upaḷāseti in same meaning.

ud + pra + las, cp. Sk. samullāsayati in same meaning

adjective with ankles midway (?) in -pāda the 7^th of the characteristics of a Mahāpurisa DN.ii.17; DN.iii.143, DN.iii.154; DA explains: the ankles are not over the heels, but midway in t …

…Dhp-a.iii.417; -saṅkhāra antecedent or requisite for speech MN.i.301; AN.iii.350; SN.iv.293; Vb-a.167; Vism.531 -sañcetanā…

Vajira¹

a thunderbolt; usually with ref. to Sakka’s (= Indra’s) weapon DN.i.95 = MN.i.231 (ayasa); Thag.419; Ja.i.134 (vajira-pūritā viya garukā kucchi “as if filled with Sakka’s thunderb …

bracelet Vin.ii.106; Ja.ii.197 (dantakāre valay’-ādīni karonte disvā); Ja.iii.377; Ja.vi.64, Ja.vi.65; DN-a.i.50; Dhp-a.i.226 (danta˚ ivory bangle); Pv-a.157 (sankha˚) Mhvs.11, Mhvs.14 (˚anguli-v …

Vaya¹ & vayo

neuter age, especially young age, prime, youth; meaning “old age” when characterized as such or contrasted to youth (the ord. term for old age being jarā). …

appearance etc (lit. “cover, coating”). There is a considerable fluctuation of meaning, especially between meanings 2, 3, 4. One may group as follows.

1. colour Snp.447 (meda˚); SN.v.216 (chavi˚ of t …

Name of one of the 9 angas (see nava) or divisions of the Canon according to matter AN.ii.7, AN.ii.103, AN.ii.178; AN.iii.88, AN.iii.107, AN.iii.361 sq.; AN.iv.113; Vin.iii.8 Pp.43; …

1. absence of rāga, dispassionateness, indifference towards (abl. or loc.) disgust, absence of desire, destruction of passions; waning, fading away cleansing, purifying; emancipation, Arahantship. DN. …

destroyed, annihilated Dhp.154; Ja.i.493 (= viddhaṃsita Dhp-a.iii.129).

vi + sankhata

divestment of all material things Dhp.154 (= nibbāna Dhp-a.iii.129). See sankhāra 3.

vi + sankhāra

striving, endeavour, undertaking Snp.953 (explained as the 3 abhisankhāras, viz puñña˚, apuñña˚ & āneñja˚ at Mnd.442).

vi + ārambha

…v. is conditioned by the saṅkhāras and is itself a necessary condition of nāma-rūpa (individuality). See e.g. SN.ii.4, SN.ii.6,…

adjective noun carrying, conveying Ja.vi.125 (haya˚ running by means of horses, i.e. drawn by horses) also as poetical expression for “horse” Ja.vi.252 (= sindhava C.). The reading *[vāhin](/define/vā …

1. allaying, relief, suppression, mastery, cessation calmness SN.iii.32; SN.iv.217; SN.v.65 (cetaso); DN.ii.157 (sankhārā); AN.i.4 (id.); AN.ii.162 (papañca˚); AN.v.72; Pp.69; Ja.i.392; Dhs-a.403.
2. …

1. a brahmanic sacrifice.
2. alms-giving charity, a gift to the Sangha or a bhikkhu.

The brahmanic ritual of Vedic times has been given a changed and deeper meaning. Buddhism has discarded the outwa …

anything asked for, donation, alms, begging Ja.iii.353; Ja.v.233, Ja.v.234.

-yoga (y. + *yogga; perhaps yāja˚ the original. The variant yājayoga is old & well established: cp. Vi …

1. going, proceeding Ja.vi.415 (+ ayāna, opposed to ṭhāna).
2. means of motion, carriage, vehicle. Different kinds of carriages are enumerated at Mnd.145 (on Snp.816) with hatthi˚; (elephant-), *g …

1. travel, going on, proceeding, good habit (like yāta; cp. yātrā = anuvṛtti Halāyudha 5, 33; SN.i.33; SN.i.16 = SN.i.63 (translation K.S., perhaps wrongly “egress”: it is more a question of *going …

indeclinable lokasmiṃ yad idam arahanto “as far as the abodes of beings, as far as heaven, these are the highest these are the best, I mean the Arahants.” SN.iii.84 yāvatā dhammā sankhatā vā asankhatā …

Ādāti (Ādadāti)

to take up, accept, appropriate, grasp, seize;
grd ādātabba Vin.i.50;
inf ādātuṃ DN.iii.133 (adinnaṃ theyyasankhātaṃ ā.).
ger ādā & ādāya; (see sep.); …

Ādāti (Ādadāti)

to take up, accept, appropriate, grasp, seize;
grd ādātabba Vin.i.50;
inf ādātuṃ DN.iii.133 (adinnaṃ theyyasankhātaṃ ā.).
ger ādā & ādāya; (see sep.); …

Āma¹

indeclinable affirmative part. “yes, indeed, certainly” DN.i.192 sq. (as variant reading BB.; T. has āmo); Ja.i.115 Ja.i.226 (in C. expl^n. of T. amā-jāta which is to be re …

and Ānañja immovability, imperturbability, impassibility. The word is n. but occurs as adj. at Vin.iii.109 (ānañja samādhi, with which cp. BSk. ānijyā śāntiḥ at Avs.i.199
■ T …

…lifetime Dpvs.v.102.

• -saṅkhāra (usually pl. ˚ā) constituent of life, conditions or properties resulting in life,…

(ṭṭhāna) neuter

I. Connotation

As one of the 4 iriyāpathā (behaviours)

1. contrasted (a) as standing position with sitting or reclining (b) as rest with motion.
2. by itself without parti …